MediaWell: Live research from the digital edges of democracy

by Lu Tang, Kayo Fujimoto, Muhammad Amith, Rachel Cunningham, Rebecca A Constantini, Felicia York, Grace Xiong, Julie A Boom, and Cui Tao

2 days ago

The proliferation of social media has allowed the antivaccine movement to become more influential than at any point in history.…

by Clio Chang

2 days ago

When the pandemic hit last March, 27-year-old Jennifer*, a childcare worker from Virginia, was furloughed from her job, leaving her…

by Sarah Scire

3 days ago

The Google News Initiative announced it will give $3 million to news and fact-checking organizations in an effort to combat…

January 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our modern public health infrastructure like never before. Why have some nations successfully contained the…

by Anagha Srikanth

January 8, 2021

After insisting for years that false claims about vaccines are better left up to be debunked, Facebook announced last month…

by Tara Law

January 6, 2021

At first glance, the December video looks like just the latest rendition of a TikTok trend. On one side of…

by Shaila Dewan & Kay Nolan

January 6, 2021

A pharmacist who was arrested on charges that he intentionally sabotaged more than 500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at…

by Gina Kolata

January 5, 2021

Across the country, Black and Hispanic physicians like Dr. Wiley are reaching out to Americans in minority communities who are…

by Lois Beckett

January 4, 2021

At the beginning of 2021, millions of Americans appear to disagree about one of the most basic facts of their…

by Derek Robertson

December 27, 2020

Weaver was narrowly defeated in her 2019 reelection bid by Sheldon Neeley, a state representative and former city council member…